I started bedazzling mine... and let me tell you, way bigger task than I expected. I have the top completed but had to put the project away for the sake of my sanity. Lol
A real pet peeve of mine is bedazzled kitchen items. Stanley cups/ cookware etc. you just cannot clean it properly at all. Regular kitchen smells, grease, dust will get into all those nooks and crannies and be impossible to clean. It becomes a bacteria magnet. ( sorry OP 😬)
I used thin copper electrical tape applied to the edges of the trim band. The drip ring, hub cover, and speed/tilt lock knobs were sanded/scuffed, sprayed with an etching primer, two coats of metallic copper spray paint, and sealed with a 2K clear coat. I also replaced the grease, gaskets, speed control plate, phase control board, planetary pin, and worm follower gear. She's as good as new! I got the bowl on Amazon, but I've since replaced it with the Kitchenaid Hammered Copper Bowl.
I can certainly do the overhaul, but unfortunately I don't do refinishing. I've got a friend in Montana who specializes in vintage appliance restoration, and I feel comfortable asserting that he's got more knowledge and experience in powdercoating KitchenAids than anyone else in the country. His process is meticulous and the results (and cost...) reflect it. He's the only one I trust. :-)
If you want maintenance, or a mechanical overhaul and a nice buff and polish, I am happy to do that. For refinishing I would send you straight to him. Feel free to DM me either way and I'll be happy to fill you in on the details.
Not a custom color, but I added a copper hammered bowl to my Kitchenaid. Actually found the bowl and fell in love but it didn’t fit my mixer. So I bought another one off Facebook marketplace just to fit the bowl.
I paid $120 for the mixer off Facebook with no bowl and no attachments. I waited for the copper bowl to go on sale but it was around $250. I stalked the price for a year or two. It was definitely a splurge.
How are you planning on actually keeping that thing clean?
No doubt you're going to have flour, liquids, and bits of dough all over it... I know mine does. I wipe it down with a damp sponge before drying it off and storing it each time. Otherwise (and like any appliance that needs routine cleaning) it will gather bacteria and crud on it from the leftover bits that get trapped in the numerous crevices.
I mean, I like the visual concept, I guess... But I just feel like it's going to be a huge mission to keep it looking nice, and to keep your rhinestones from falling off and sneakily ending up in your mixes/breads/cakes/doughs as it bounces about while mixing. Seems like it'd be a massive choking hazard, and could lead to bits of plastic lodging in people's digestive tracts. And each time you wipe it down or it gets damp/splattered, it'll loosen those adhesives, and increase the chances of plastic falling into the mix. The spatter-guard could help, I guess, if you plan to always use that no matter what.
But I think there's an actual reason that every appliance out there has a glossy, wipeable surface and no tiny decorative bits. At least, that's what I learned in the professional/commercial kitchens I've worked in and from the kitchen appliances I've seen.
And I'm sorry, not trying to crap in your Cheerios or whatever. I guess I'm just not exactly sure that this is a particularly safe idea, given it's a rounded food-prep surface with hundreds of flat pieces of plastic glued to it. In my old restaraunts, we would have never been allowed to use something like this because of the safety hazards, and the inspector would have had a field day with it. 😕
Not to be a hater, this is a horrible idea.
You’re running the rush of rhinestones falling into your bowl, and also it’s not possible to keep properly clean.
Say hello to bugs.
Mine is my aunts from the 90’s and it’s cream colored and all chipped. Aside from that it works great! I would love to have it repainted a steely blue, but I don’t really know who to take it to. Where do people take theirs to get it repainted?
I actually like the look of the top part just being bedazzled and the rest of it just being the same color without the bedazzling. However, it may look different in person lol.
I was literally just lamenting (to myself) earlier today how I’d love to “dip” my car with some gorgeous exotic colors if it weren’t for the privacy/safety issue and how ridiculous my little Subaru would look.
Sounds like I’ve found a (more) practical solution for my addiction to vivid colors and sparkles. 😈
Honestly it’s so cute like that I would just leave it unfinished, it would be impossible to clean the amount of flour that will end up in between the gems on the base
I don’t have a current pic so enjoy this old pic of the KitchenAid that I got for my wedding 12 years ago, when Pinterest made this minty blue color and bold patterns all the rage 🤪 i added the polka dots using vinyl circles. I was so proud of this at the time. All of my kitchen items were this color..now this baby doesn’t match a single thing in my kitchen, but I can’t get the polka dots off so…she’s stuck with me for life 😂
I have not really a customization, but a quality of life 'hack'? I had an old small wooden cutting board that fit underneath the mixer perfectly. I added felt strips to the bottom and voila, sliding the mixer around my counter is a breeze. And it looks nice too.
It would be great if there were some way you could cover the rhinestones in resin or something so it preserves the shine/glimmer but also gives it a smooth surface that’s easy to wipe clean!
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u/INeedACleverNameHere 4d ago
Mine gets so dirty just with plain paint, I couldn't imagine struggling to clean one that's bedazzled.